by Collectif | 23 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, wants “to add new objectives to include abortion and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender) rights in the United Nations development plan”. In his opinion, both measures would allow “humanitarian objectives to be reached as...
by Collectif | 23 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Taking an official stand, Marie-Anne Frison-Roche forcibly denounced the fallacious arguments that promote so-called “ethical” surrogacy. She referred to the economical analysis of Yves Boivert[1], who explained that “‘ethical surrogacy’ is an ‘imaginary...
by Collectif | 23 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
CRISPR-Cas9, the new genome-modifying tool, which allows intervention prior to birth on genes responsible for causing diseases, is generating lively debate. Now we can “cross an ethical boundary hitherto deemed untouchable”, and questions are being asked if and how...
by Collectif | 22 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis | Transhumanism
Zhe Xu and Emanuel Todorov, two scientists at Washington University, have developed an “incredibly realistic” bionic hand. This prosthesis “reproduces almost perfectly all of the movements of a normal hand”, and can even grasp objects, “which no other robotic hand has...
by Collectif | 18 Feb, 2016 | Bioethics press synthesis
At the end of January, at the CHU Angers (University Hospital Centre), a team lead by neurosurgeon, Philippe Menei, performed malignant brain tumour surgery on a patient wearing a virtual reality headset. Although the surgery in question has been practiced...